Having trouble shaking the body fat?

kassiebby1124

Hello! So, I'm been doing a -20% TDEE cut for fat. I see and feel my clothes fitting differently but I don't feel that I LOOK any different without clothes on if that makes sense. Do I measure? Sometimes. Probably not as often as I should. But when the clothes aren't on, I look like a smaller blob than I did originally (when I weighed at 250). I've stalled out at 195lbs give or take but I dunno if that's from lifting or not.

I'm a vegetarian (I converted 4 months ago) and I DO get plenty of protein. I eat clean (for the most part. I may have the occasional cupcake now and then), lift 3-4x a week (Upper/Lower split) and I'm training for a 5k in September so I'm running more now.

How effective is running when paired with a good diet and weight training?

Here is a quick layout of my weekly routine:
5min warm up-->Upper body lifting (mostly compound exercises, a few isolation)-->20 min kettlebell work out
Cardio day (running or biking)
5min warm up--> Lower body lifting (same as above)--> 20 min kettlebell
Cardio day
5min warm up- upper body lifting-->20 min KB
Rest day (or cardio, depending on mood)
Rest Day

Then I start with the work out I only did once that week as the first work out on Monday

I know weight training, cutting, and the TDEE method is a slow process, but it has been about a month now and I personally haven't seen anything significant. Any tips or advice? Should I just be patient or do I need to change something up?

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wayneharrington1

Hey,

You sound like you are doing a good job, no one really likes what they looks like naked, just be confident and keep going.

What do you do on your cardio days? You could always increase your distance or speed over the same distance.

Kind Regards

Wayne

HacheraTsarine

It's normal that you feel that you don't look different because you see yourself everyday. What you can do to reassure yourself is measuring yourself more often, pay attention to how your clothes feel on you, pay attention to how much stronger you got and how much more endurance you have, etc.

Last year, I lost 20lbs in a little less than 3months and a half. I swear I felt so fat, even though all of my clothes were getting a lot looser. It's when my family and friends and colleagues started to make comments on my weight loss that I understood that I was maybe too harsh on myself.

Keep up the good work and don't worry too much!! :happy:

acogg

Yes, patience and diligence. Slowly increase your exercise. You will be at this for a very long time, like forty or fifty years. One month is a blink of an eye in the overall scheme of things.

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ThereseIShere

I just busted through today a 2 month stall at 188 lbs after once weigh and consistently dropping from 280. For me, I realized I was averaging more calories daily than I "felt" (ran report where it show average of 1700 calories when I thought I was averaging closer to 1300-1400 and was refocusing on weight lifting, so the two made for no losses on scale. Although, in those two month of no losses on scale, because of weight lifting, I lost 3 inches on waist alone, so was getting smaller.